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Thaumatrope
This device was created in 1827 by English physician John Ayerton Paris there two were two different drawings on opposite sides ,When the disk was spun the two images merge into one.
Paul Roget used the thaumatrope in 1882 -
Zoetrope
this thijng was invented in 1834 by William Horner, He originally called it a Daedalum .As it would spin, the person who looked through the slits at the pictures across. -
Improvement of Photography
The technology behind photography improved dramatically in the last half of the 19th century.
During the American Civil War (1860-1865), New York photographer Matthew Brady became well-known by taking photos of the war -
Praxinoscope
All it did was improve on the zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing slits with an inner circle of mirrors it gave it a btter look and was used for movies as well -
Eadweard J. Muybridge
Well known as a photographer in California, Muybridge was hired by former governor Leland Stanford to photograph the governor’s race horse. Stanford had a wager that all four hooves of a horse leave the ground when running. Muybridge’s job was to prove the theory. -
Phenakistoscope
In 1832, Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau and his sons introduced what is know as the phenakistoscope .phenakistoscope used a spinning disc attached vertically to a handleand when it was used the user would spin the disc and look through the moving slits at the disc's and see the reflection in a mirror. -
Motion Pictures in America
America’s premier inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, developed a motion picture camera ,Edison filmed random events including haircuts, boxing matches, Annie Oakley, and the new Brooklyn Bridge -
Birth of Narrative Films
By the turn of the century, the subject of motion pictures evolved towards narrative stories.
The Edison 1902 film, “Fun in a Bakery Shop” was an early example of movie special effects.
In 1903, the landmark silent movie “The Great Train Robbery” debuted. It was created by former Edison cameraman Edwin S. Porter, was a commercial success, and led to the birth of silent pictures. -
Winsor McCay
He was a cartoonist for several newspapers.in 1914 McCay brought “Gertie the Dinosaur” to life on film. -
Silent Movie Era of the 20’s
In the 1920s, movie theatres popped up around the country. Sound was not added until 1927; all of the movies were silent all the movies where always sold out it was the new big thing bacl in the 1920s .
